THE NEWS OF NORFOLK ON PAGES TWO, THREE AND FIVE COURT DECISIONS. Notes of Cases Recently Decided, Which are of Interest to Our People, DIGESTED BY W- B. MARTIN, (Exclusively for Vlrglnlan-Pilot.) NORTHWESTERN N. BANK V. FREEMAN. Supreme Court, United States. A CHATTEL MORTGAGE OF A GIVEN NUMBER OF SHEER OUT OF A LARGER NUMBER IS VALID AGAINST THOSE WHO KNOW THE FACTS. AN ASSIGNEE OF SUCH A MORT? GAGE IS CHARGEABLE WITH NO? TICE OF THE RECORD OF A PRIOR MORTGAGE ON THE SAME PROPERTY, BY THE SAME MORT, GAGOR TO HIS ASSIGNOR. A MORTGAGE OF DOMESTIC ANI? MALS COVERS THEIR INCREASE THOUGH IT IS SILENT AS TO SUCH INCREASE. This was an appeal from the Supreme Court of Arizona. It presented a ques? tion of the validity and priority of cer? tain chattel mortgages of sheep, the mortgages conveying only a certain number of sheep, marked In a pnrtlcu lay way- The mortgagor owned a larger number of sheep than conveyed and the appellees knew the facts as to the number and marks of the sheep. The...

LATEST TELEGRAPH NEWS, COiVTlNl^'FROM FIRST PAGR STIRRING BAD BEEF. COI'RT OF INQUIRY STILL PROB INQ FOB ODO US. (Hy Telegraph to Vlrglnla-Pllot.) Chicago, March 21.?The government Court of inquiry to-day examined two ?witnesses with reference to the- beet question?Dr. Nicholas Senn and Lieu? tenant Colonel A. W. Corliss. Dr. Senn entirely disapproved the vanned roast beef as an army ration for any length of time, and Colonel Corliss told of the soldiers- dislike of it. The court will held an all-day session to-morrow, ex? pecting to leave for New York to-mor? row evening or Thursday morning. The remaining witnesses win he those sug? gested by Major Lee in behalf of Major Gem ini Miles. Dr. Senn. of Chicago, -who served in Cuba and I'orto Itieo, testified that the troops in Cuba lived largely on canned roast beef and bacon. 11c had every reason to believe that the canned beet was not roasted, hut boiled. It was tasteless and certainly appeared to lack nutritious qualities, as was ap...

THE NEWS FROM THE OLD NORTH STATE AND ITS CAPITAL RALEIGH NEWS MD GOSSIP Reduction in the Tax on Fertilizers. STILL FURTHER REDUCTION Hoard of Agriculture Uns Power Id llio rrciiilMns-Fomid Dend In Hell ? Politics Mot In Public I'rlntlnsr i -j Atfnrd-l',l?cllou For (School aud sitrcot Iniprovcinont;.nonds?Post OUlcc I'linuKOS?Notes* Raleigh, n. c, March 21.?Secretary Ramscly, or tlic Agricultural Depart rhentj yesterday paid In to the State Treasury S3.05, tonnage tax received on fertilisers since March 34th. Owing to the fact that the heavy snow and continuous rains pC the winter havo seriously Intcrefered with the movement of fertilizers the sale of tags thus far Ulis season have not been so largo is last After June l!ith the tax will be re? duced from 25 to 20 cents per ton. It is further provided In the law that "the Board of Agriculture may reduce the tax per ton to fifteen cents when in their judgment it becomes expedient. FOUND DEAD IN' 13BD. The funeral of Mr. John Green Die...

NEWS FROM RICHMOND AND OTHER PARTS OF VIRGINIA Executive Clemency Shown R. L. Rawlings. GREVIOUS PROVOCATION -? Hnrslinl raorgnn J i out V'hlt? tbo Cot? eruor mid Toll* About Ibo Trouble Willi Kcitrn Oj-Htcriucn ? Nlnto Xlonro of Flitirmucy is In Srsiinn ? noublo lux to Retail Liquor Dealer*. (Special to Virginian-Pilot.) ] Richmond, V&amp;lt;u, March 21.?Governor1 Tyler to-day granted a pardon to R. L. Rawlings, of Brunswick county, con? victed at the February term of the court of that county of shooting at A. J. Thnmason with intent to kill, and sentenced to two years in the peniten? tiary. About a dozen well known citi? zens of Brunswick, including State Senator Robert Turnbull, Sheriff Turn hull, Treasurer Lewis and others, called on the Governor to present the petition for pardon. The judge of the court and the jury united in asking for the par? don, but Coinonwenlth's Attorney l!u ford did not ask for the pardon, though he interposed no objection. Governor Tyler assigns th...

THE NEWS FROM VIRGINIA CONTINUE^ NEWPORT NEWS Mr. Thomas G. Leath Secures An other Theatre. Vaudeville Attraction! for ltticUroo Beacli-Mlo For Abnllolr I'lnni 1:1:: ritreo ol Flour -Blanlolpnl Pol* I ? r. Scutouccfl-inoi-rlnKC. ? Newport News, Vn., March 21.?A summer theater will be built at Buck roo Beach by the Newport News and Old Point Railway and 'Electric Com? pany for Mr. Thomas G. Leath, who will have a lease; on the house for a certain number of years. This information comes from a thor? oughly reliable source and can be de? pended ur&amp;gt;on. The theater will be started In the next ten days and will he ready for oc? cupancy by the middle of May or the first of June. Vaudeville attractions of a high class will be put on at the house throughout tlv&amp;gt; entire summer and Manugor Leath will malte it a point to give the people of Newport News, Hampton, Old Point and vicinity all of the summer entertainment they want. The structure will cost about $10,000, or $15,...

PORTSMOUTH LOCAL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENTS PORTSMOUTH AND NORFOLK COUNTY What Virginian-Pilot Rep? resentatives Hear Daily. Brief items of interest %b* .Koronirnf? of I'coplo In Whom Iii? Avei-Mgo iti ail"r 1? Inter* ?Hirtl ? If aii|&amp;gt;ciilttz&amp;lt; &amp;gt;?? u. il Itn &amp;lt; lue**, Itrllgrous unit Social ?lr Cl?'S~A forecast of In iure Kvpnla. A water pipe burst in the rmbllo Bcliool ami moistened things generally fur awhile. Repairs were llnuily made nnd tlie school was resumed. The merchants arc beginning to feel the spring trade. Business Is steadily Improving and an advertisement in the Vlrglnian-Pilot will increase trade wonderfully. Miss Nett!? Jackson, of Aberdeen, S. C., Is In the city on a yislt to friends. Yesterday morning two county con? stables had a lively chase af ter a ne? gro coal thief. They failed to catch blm. The meeting nt the Friends' Church continues to grow in Interest. Rev. Frank Hall will conduct the meeting throughout this week. C...

PORTSMOUTH LOCAL NEWS ?ND ADVERTISEMENTS" (Continued.) READY TO WEAR CLOTHING! high in quality-low in price. Men's Suits From $3.90 to $16.50. Men's Pants From $1.25 to $6.00. Boys' Reefer and Vestee Suits, $1.50 to $5. "We Tiavo tho largest and most complete lino of Shirts of any house in 1ho Routh comprising nil tho standard brands, such as MANHATTAN'. MONACH, GRIFFIN, STANLEY. ETC. \\&amp;gt; can give you a good Shirt either with collar at? tached or two seperato collars at 60c. Soe our special P. K. Negligee Shirt at 50c. You can't buy it elsewhere Cot\ less than $1.00. STYLISH HATS AT POPUL?R PRICES -at the NEW YORK CLOTHING CO., CUSTOM TAILORS, 214 Higli Street - Portsmouth, V?. A perfect lit guaranteed in every respect or money refunded. We can save you 20 per cent, on the cost. Call and see samples and prices. HOSIERY! HOSIERY! A COMPLETE LINE OF HOSIERY OF ALL GRADIOS, IN LADIES* AND CHILDREN'S RLACKS, TANS AND FANCIES FROM 10c. to BOc. PER PAIR. INFANTS' SOCKS IN BLACK...

Review of the Markets, "Shipping News and Real Estate Business REYEIWOFMARKETS FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Stocks, Money, Exchange, Bonds, Grain, Cotton, Provisions, Etc. Now York, March 21.?The profes? sional character of the trailing to-day was shown by the fact that of the 030, 000 shares traded In, nearly halt were In the two stocks which moved errati? cally, Sugar and Brooklyn Transit. Immediately after the opening the lead? ing Industrials were pressed for sale sympathetically with the sudden de? clines in Sugar and Brooklyn Transit. An Idea of the violence of the move? ment In the specialties is conveyed by the fact that the Sugar dropped 14 points from the highest in the morning and Brooklyn Transit 4%. Subsequent? ly they each recovered 7 points from the lowest, leaving Sugar 3 per cent, off on the day and Brooklyn Transit 1% up. Accompanying the decline in Sugar there was disseminated the denial by an anonymous, otliclnl of the company that any deal with competitive firms was...

THE NEWS OF NORFOLK OR PAGET TWO, THREE AND FIVE COURT DECISIONS Notes of Cases Recently Decided, Which are of Interest to Our People. DIGESTED BY W- B- MARTIN, (Exclusively fop Virglnian-Pllot.) HARKRADER, SHERIFF, V. WAD EE V. Supreme Court, United States, December 5, 1898. A CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SUITS IN EQUITY PEND? ING IN IT TO SETTLE THE AF? FAIRS OF A STATE BANKING IN? STITUTION, CANNOT RESTRAIN BY INJUNCTION THE TRIAL OF THE CASHIER OF THE HANK, HY A STATE" COURT, FOR EMBEZ? ZLEMENT OF THE FUNDS OF THE HANK. THE ORDER OF THE CIRCUIT COURT IN SUCH A CASE. RE? LEASING THE CASHIER FROM THE CUSTODY OF THE SHERIFF OF THE STATE COURT, RE? VERSED, AND THE CASHIER RE? STORED TO THE SHERIFF'S KEEPING. Wadley was cashier of the Wythevllle Insurance and Banking Company, and was Indicted in the County Court of Wythe county for embezzlement, and was held In custody by the sheriff of Wythe county, awaiting trial. The Circuit Court of the United States fo...

LATEST TELEGRAPH NEWS, CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. VIRGINIA OYSTER BEDS Pirates From New Jersey and Maryland Stealing. Stale Ilonrd of Fisheries Askcrt to Send Oyslor tJiill llont to Const ol Northampton County to Protect Heilst (Special to Vlrglnlan-Pllot.) Richmond. Vn., Al urcli 22.?The Stnto Board of Fisheries lield its regular monthly meeting here to-day, all live of the members being present. The board met In the office of the Register of the Land Oflice. Captain Thomas B. Smith, of North? ampton countVi warden of the East? ern shore Game Association, appeared before the board and asked that the police boot be Bent to protect the large oyster Industry on the ocean side of Northampton against pirates from Maryland and New Jersey. He stated that every year these men carry off large Quantities of seed oysters for planting in the beds of the States named. He read a letter from Captain George D. Hltchens, keeper of Smith Island Lighthouse, saying that boats from Maryland were now Il...

THE NgWS FROM THg OLD NORTH STATE AND ITS CAPITAL RALEIGH NEWS ?ND GOSSIP The Fellow Servant Act De? clared Constitutional. SOME IMPORTANT DECISIONS Ittilolgll Loses i? UnningO ?tili t-Itent? ItlK Wny on Trains i? AllNdnucnuor? Medical Volleeos In Htrnlln?ltonrd iMurv Declared Invnliil-Killing Itepnrtcd From Mont itoutcry t'otui ly?Cnr Company Asslguc Raleigh', N. C, March 12.?Tn de? cisions rendered yesterday, tho Su? preme Court held that the Fellow Ser? vant act Is constitutional, and again in another case that the failure or a rail? way company to properly equip Its cars with safety appliances Is negligence | and makes It liable for damages result? ing from such negllcence where an em? ploye sustains Injury, The constitutionality of the Fellow Servant act was decided In the case of Hancock versus the Norfolk nnd Western railroad, from Durham. The decision of tho lower court Is affirmed. The court holds that the Fellow Ser? vant act, published In Private Acts 1S37, Is, notwithsta...

NEWS FROM RICHMOND AND OTHEtTPARTS PF~VIRGINIA. RICHMOND NEWS LETTER Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad Wins. STRANG INJUNCTION FAILS Judge WndUlll Krfuses to rerpclimte Ilcsirnlnliicr Order mid Dismisses Bill Ol &amp;lt; on) ;&amp;gt;! ill 11 I 15 r. Moroni' Agreement With Governor Holl, dny, to Collect money Dno I'rom ftulloiinl Government, niscnssed. -? (Special to Vlrglnl.m-rilot.) Richmond, Va? March 22.?Judge Ed mond Waddlll, of the ynitcd States District Court, to-day refused to grant the Injunction asked for by W. R. Strang, Jr., of New York, ngalnst the Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad Company. The suit was a very Important one, and has attracted much attention. Strang, who Is president of a bank of New York city, and Is said to be a rail? road contractor of some note, claimed to have a contract with the Richmond, Petersburg nnd Carolina for tho con Blruction of the road from Richmond to Ridgewny, NT. C. He claimed only a verbal contract. He claime...